A quick reminder that the Electoral College only exists at the insistence of the slave states and the 3/5ths compromise.
Good old racism, America's original sin, continues to bite us all in the ass to this day.
@jmjm But don't all US citizens just love the Constitution, even more than they love their elected leaders?
@nichni I can only speak for myself.
I love my country the way I love my partner. I understand their flaws and do my best to help them be their best self.
@jmjm I just don’t understand why there isn’t a push to abolish it.
@noksucow There is.
And it's easy. We don't even need a constitutional amendment. We just need another 60 EVs worth of states to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
You can make this happen by putting a proposition on next year's ballot.